The Fixer Upper in Crazy Challenge Connection

Apr 26, 2016 JoAnne rated it really liked it

Shelves: womens-fiction, set-in-georgia

I read some of the comments by others that have read this book and wow! I enjoyed this book. It's not some heavy drama where the reader constantly has to think. It's an enjoyable book about a clueless woman who has to come to terms with her life after she gets dealt a huge blow. Her parents really did not care for her when she was a child. Her father took her away from her mother and then plopped her in a boarding school when he didn't feel like parenting anymore. She puts herself through colleg ...more

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Jul 03, 2012 Linda C rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, romance-contemporary

Dempsey Killebrew loses her lobbyist job and her reputation when her boss is caught in a political scandal and tries to throw the blame on her. She heads to Florida to visit her father and his young family. He is not thrilled and sends her off to Guthrie, GA to oversee flipping a house he inherited. He offers to split any profits with her when it's sold. The house is a pink, crumbling disaster with an elderly relation and her dog illegally squatting in the house. The town boasts 2200 people and ...more

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Nov 08, 2016 Vickie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 4-star, family, gemstones, chick-lit, awareness-ribbons, jelly-belly-challenge, southern-fiction, crazy-cover-challenge, aromatherapy, 2016-countdown

The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews is a hilarious story about Dempsey Jo Killebrew and her attempt to get her life back in order while fulfilling a demand to redo an old Southern family home.

Dempsey moves to Guthrie, GA after being caught up in a political scandal in Washington, DC. She has no place to turn to until her father offers to help her out by redo an old crumbling family home. While in the midst of this project, she is involved with the FBI-led sting operation to bring down her forme ...more

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Dec 26, 2016 Maggie Shanley rated it really liked it

Funny romp from DC, to Miami, to Georgia. Legal shenanigans, home repairs, odd parents and a cranky senior citizen all conspire to drive Dempsey Killebrew crazy, will she find her bliss?

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Mar 28, 2014 Lindsay♫SingerOfStories♫ rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2014-reads

4.5 stars. This book was an absolute treat! The main characters were likable, I loved the flipping house concept, the story line moved nicely and kept me interested the whole time. 400+ pages and I finished it in about 3 days. My only criticism: there were a lot of loose ends. Yeah, we know the gist of what is going to be happening and to an extent, I like that it is left to my imagination...but I was expecting more.

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